Fired over text, 800 calls to unemployment: What it's like losing your job in the coronavirus pandemic

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Fired over text, 800 calls to unemployment: What it's like losing your job in the coronavirus pandemic
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Here's what it's like being unemployed because of coronavirus. (via CNBCMakeIt)

"I tried to apply for unemployment insurance, and that's been a debacle or a nightmare. I've called actually over 800 times," says David Cheung, a Brooklyn-based bartender and art handler. "I still haven't gotten through."

Frezza says she won't be able to pay the $2,400-per-month rent on her studio apartment and that she is earning extra money posting sponsored content on Instagram to help cover a small portion of her costs. "Every $10 adds up," she says. "The money from unemployment, it's not a luxury. It's not me resting on my laurels, sitting on my butt and just waiting for a check.

Glazer says she keeps a journal of things she is grateful for, doesn't watch Netflix before dinner and is volunteering delivering groceries to the elderly and making reassurance calls to high-risk people in her community to help keep her morale high.

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